Hollands Farm Liaison Group Meeting 3 – Powerpoint Slides

Liaison Group Meeting 3 – Draft Development Brief

Chair: Cllr Dominic Barnes, South West Chilterns Community Board Lead Officer: Charlotte Morris, Principal Planning Officer Chris Kennett: Natural Environment & Urban Design Officer Chris Steuart: Major Development Team Leader Emily Hadley: Planning Policy Officer

Agenda

1. Introductions (10mins)
2. Progress since March (15mins)
3. Development Framework (1hr)
   - Access and movement
   - Green infrastructure and open space
   - Heritage and conservation
   - Infrastructure - Onsite + off-site requirements
4. Appropriate Assessment + Sustainability Appraisal (20 mins)
5. Next steps (5mins)
6. AOB (15mins)

Progress to date

- First draft of Development Brief

  - Internal consultation with specialists
  - Further refinement of infrastructure requirements
  - Development framework plan

- Completed Draft Appropriate Assessment

- Completed Draft Sustainability Appraisal

- Legal challenge update

- Programme going forward Site analysis – Constraints and Opportunities Access and movement

- Existing public right of way

- Current access Hedsor Road + Princes Road

- Link road requirement including bus route

- Need for wider connectivity

  - Former orchard
  - Hedsor Road
  - Wessex Road Employment Area
  - Town Centre
  - Connect to existing PRoWs

- Location of primary school Green infrastructure and open space

- Requirement to be landscape led

  - use of buffers
  - building on existing green
  - corridors – former orchard,
    - maintain hedgerows + mature trees

- Open space and play provision

- Incorporation of SUDs

- Incorporating existing wildlife corridors Heritage and Conservation

- Conservation Area + listed buildings

- Cores End Roundabout

- Design of Hedsor Road junction

- Relationship with properties at Hedsor Road Development Framework

- Landscape-led approach

- Green space focus for setting

- Connected green infrastructure

- Use of generous green corridors as the basis for a footpath/cycle network

- Respond to the different characters of the adjoining areas

- Use landscaping to screen industrial + business park

- Maintain separation from Hedsor Road properties through tree belt buffer

- Respond to views across the site from public rights of way

- Respond to the sites topography

- Retain and protect existing mature trees Infrastructure Requirements

Onsite

- Link road + bus route
- 1 form primary school
- Strategic open space, including the sports pitches, MUGA, Teen play facility, NEAP and allotments

Off site

- Junction improvements

- Provide and enhance footpath and cycle links to the village centre

- Contributions to facilitate public access to the former orchard

- Contributions towards improving access and upgrading the bridleway on the disused former Bourne End to High Wycombe railway line

- S106 contributions to mitigate recreational impacts at Burnham Beeches SAC Next Steps

- Finalise draft Development Brief

- Commence public consultation End of November

- Early 2021 finalise and adopt Development Brief as a Supplementary Planning Document

Consultation methods

- Online survey
- Leaflet drop
- Social media
- Press release

AOB?